University News
Women's Basketball Face Jackrabbits in Conference Semifinals
March 8, 2010
(Courtesy of Western Illinois University Athletics)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The Western Illinois women's basketball (11-19) team plays South Dakota State (20-10) today, Monday, March 8 at 2:30 p.m. with a trip to the conference tournament championship game on the line.
Coverage
Radio • WIUS (88.3 FM, Macomb) Flagship station
Kevin Pomazal, play by play
Danielle Gagnon, color analyst
Web • GoLeathernecks.com
Live WIUS radio broadcast (Free)
Live Stats (Free)
Live Video via Midcontinent Communications (subscription)
wiutv3 will carry the women's semifinal game live on Comcast channel 3 and campus cable channel 3 with Midcontinent Communications' announcers Al Bahe, Tom Nieman and sideline reporter Tim Peters. The broadcasts will be available 15 minutes prior to the scheduled tip time.
This is part of an arrangement with the Western Illinois Department of Broadcasting, University Television and Midcontinent Communications. wiutv3 carried all quarterfinal games as well.
Against the Jackrabbits
South Dakota State holds the overall series record, 5-1, with Western's lone win coming in the first meeting between the two teams in January 2008. South Dakota State won both meetings this season, defeating the Leathernecks 74-53 on Dec. 5 and 93-47 on March 1.
Postgame notes from Western's last outing against Oakland
* Western Illinois' victory marked just the third time in Summit League history that a No. 7 seed has upset a No. 2 seed in the quarterfinal round. All three occurrences have come in the past six seasons. UMKC was the winner in both games, knocking off Valparaiso, 59-49 in 2005, and Western Illinois, 62-55, in 2008.
* Western Illinois' win was their first victory in The Summit League Tournament since 2006.
* Oakland's loss marked its earliest exit from the field since 2004, when the fourth-seeded Golden Grizzlies fell to fifth-seeded Oral Roberts, 57-49, in the quarterfinals.
* Western Illinois' Anne Borgertpoepping's 20 points tied her career-high and Anneloes Kodde's 13 points marked a career-high.
* The Fighting Leathernecks shot a season-high 44.1 percent in the game.
* WIU scored 60-plus points against Oakland for the first time this season after being held to under 50 points in both regular season meetings.
* Oakland shot 30 percent, a season-low against a Summit League opponent this season.
* After beginning the game on an 8-0 run, Oakland was held without a field goal for the final 3:28 of the contest
Posted By: WIU Athletics (SID@wiu.edu)
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